The catfish opener at Corona Lake kicked off with very good fishing. Not only was the catfish bite very good as expected after a big plant for the opener, but the trout bite stayed good, and some bass were reported as well. Add to this the fact that quite a few quality fish were caught, and you are looking at some of the best fish of the year.

The catfish bite is very good. Anglers have been using a variety of baits with good success. Mackerel, shrimp, and the M&M (marshmallow and mealworm) combo have all been producing well for catfish.

Ryan Mitchell, Fontana, had the top fish and top stringer of the week. Mitchell's mixed stringer of both trout and catfish totaled 34 pounds and his top fish was an 8-8 catfish. He was fishing with mackerel and chartreuse Nitro Bait from boat. Chuck Yason and Ernie Tunson, both of Lake Elsinore, teamed up to catch a stringer of catfish totaling 19 pounds on shrimp. Yason's top fish was a four-pounder and Tunson's was a 6-8.

The trout bite remained good for anglers fishing deep water. Chartreuse and corn Nitro Baits with Nitro Grease have been the hot baits for the rainbows.

Howard Miyamota, Montebello, landed the top trout this week at 7-8 and was the best fish on his 12-pound stringer. Miyamoto was fishing with green and rainbow Nitro Bait from boat.

Some bass are showing for anglers targeting them. Skylor Danzy, Corona, caught a 6-0 bass while fishing near the boat dock.

Catfish will be planted weekly all summer long. This season each plant will have trophy cats from eight to 15 pounds, with an eight to nine pound average on the trophy fish. The average cat will be in the two to 2 1/2-pound range. In addition, carp and tilapia will be part of the loads at least every other week, and the lake has already been seeded with 1/2- to pound-sized tilapia that grew into the 2 1/2-pound range by late summer last year.

Corona Lake is open seven days a week with fishing allowed from 6 a.m. to 4 p.m. on day passes or from 5 p.m. to 11 p.m. on an evening pass. Each of these $20 passes has a five-fish limit. The popular 24-hour fishing passes are now offered every Friday and Saturday night. These passes have a 15-fish limit and cost $60. The family special, where mom and up to three kids 12 or under can help dad catch his limit, will apply on these all-night passes. For more Corona Lake fishing information, call (951) 277-4489 or log on at http://www.fishinglakes.com.

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FISH AND CAMP FOR FREE
BRING THE FAMILY
AND GET $120.00
(read details below)


The Summer 24-Hour Fishing Season (every weekend) begins at Santa Ana River Lakes on Thursday, May 22nd, and on Friday May 23rd at Corona Lake. And that weekend, you can fish Thursday, Friday, Saturday and or Sunday evening at SARL and Friday, Saturday and or Sunday at Corona Lake (because of the holiday) beginning at 5pm and ending at 4pm the following day.

Then every weekend thereafter during the summer catfish season, you will be able to fish 24-Hours on Thursday, Friday and or Saturday evening at Santa Ana River Lakes and Friday and or Saturday evening at Corona Lake.

The adult admission is $60 and the limit is increased from 5 fish up to 15 fish!! But even better, is that we have extended this special for the families. It works like this, dad pays the admission fee of $60 and mom and up to 3 kids 12 and under get in free and can help dad catch his 15 fish limit. (15 fish per paid admission)

Camping is FREE there is no extra charge so bring the RV, the tent and the sleeping bags. Bring a BBQ, crack a cold one, light a campfire next to the lake cookout under the stars and catch catfish all night long. What could be better? This is a great deal for $60. Where can you take the family for less and to top it off, catch and take home $180 dollars worth of catfish.

Live catfish is $4 per pound or more in the food markets. Figure you catch 15 catfish, averaging 3 pounds each and you have 45 pounds of fish. 45 lbs. x $4 per pound = $180.00 !! This is like fishing and camping for FREE and being paid an extra $120.00 worth of fish on top of it all !!

Like we said, THIS IS A GREAT DEAL !! And it is a lot of fun for so little money. So make plans this summer to bring the family do some FREE fishing and camping and get paid for doing it by catching you 15 fish limit !!

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